49.245 Epinotia tetraquetrana (Square-barred Bell)

ID: Similar to E.immundana which averages smaller (ws: 12-14mm, fw 5.5-7.0mm). The dorsal blotch in E.tetraquetrana is subquadrate with its basal margin at 60-90° to the dorsum; in E.immundana it is triangular with its basal edge at 45° to the dorsum.

Dissection

Male genitaliaSmall cluster of saccular spines; neck of valva obviously narrower than cuculus. ​In E.immundana there are saccular spines all along the outer half of the saccular margin and the neck is not much narrower than the cucullus.